Technology

A look back at Barcelona

Without the typical fanfare of years past, the Mobile World Congress took place last week in Barcelona, Spain and for once Apple and Android did not dominate the news. Instead, it was Microsoft and Nokia, two well known companies that have lost their way and momentum in the critically important smartphone wars.
Let’s start with Microsoft, [...]

Wild west video

The mind-numbing proliferation of digital video has marketers in a frenzy to recover lost TV eyeballs and keep track of digital consumption through advances in measurement. Let’s ponder the landscape; by 2013, 188 million people in the U.S. will view online video at least once a month with over 80% of all users engaging and [...]

BrandBowl – complete rankings of the brands on Super Bowl XLIV

Mullen and Radian6 wanted to share the final rankings of all the brands that were evaluated in BrandBowl2010.
The rankings below were captured during the period of 6:00 – 11:00 PM eastern time on Super Sunday (that was game time). The methodology we used to calculate the rankings is explained on the BrandBowl site. The rankings [...]

Doritos wins the BrandBowl. Budweiser Select 55 is biggest loser.

According to the 63,000+ Twitter users whose comments were captured in BrandBowl2010, Doritos was the most effective brand to advertise on the Super Bowl telecast on CBS this year. Budweiser Select55 was the least effective brand.

Mullen, and Radian6, a leader in social media measurement, created BrandBowl2010, a Twitter/Super Bowl experience that [...]

Convergence isn’t coming…it’s here

One API to rule them all.
Consumers, especially PC–bred Gen Y-ers and younger, no longer draw a distinction between the real and virtual. The world is one big data stream and you are only as cool, as powerful, as smart as the gadgets you have that allow you to capture and use that data. [...]

TweetSwell — the newest player in Twitter applications

It’s hard not to get your feelings hurt when someone un-follows you on Twitter. Just like being un-friended on Facebook, it feels like an undeserved snub. As many who work in social media know, it especially hurts when it’s your job to gain followers for a client.
Twitter is like a more-manic version of Facebook networking [...]

Meet the mullenoids

MITX asked all of the finalist agencies at their recent award show to do profile videos of themselves.  The theme this year was video games.  We call our video “The Mullenoids.” Comedian Jeff Caldwell, the emcee for the MITX Awards show, called it “the lighter side of workplace violence.”  Please have a look and judge [...]

Pearls gathered at MITX and on the Edge

In a stroke of scheduling genius, Boston’s Ad Club and the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX) held two of their signature events on the same day and several fortunate people got the privilege to attend both. Following is one guy’s take on highlights from the day.
In reverse chronological order, the 14th Annual MITX Interactive [...]

A conversation between the right and the left – two Timberland PRO Endurance work boots talk about their new campaign

Left Boot: Glad you could sit down with me and talk about the new Timberland PRO Advertising campaign.

Right Boot: No problem, just trying to help people stay on their feet.

Mullen’s new director of strategic analytics builds technology for personalized communication

Mullen announced today that Dinesh Gopinath, Ph.D., has joined the agency as executive vice president, director of strategic analytics. Gopinath, who was selected after a review of 35 candidates, will lead the agency’s analytics practice, which plays a key role in modeling, predicting and optimizing communications strategies across a wide range of client businesses. [...]